Tocce, Vince wrote:
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> Here's a way to express your appreciation of all the marginal offerings
> Hollywood has bestowed upon us in the past year:
Can we really say that the films released (in the U.S.) this
year have really been oh so very marginal?
Many of the following are independent and foreign films, but
many are not:
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss
Buffalo '66
Bulworth
The Butcher Boy
Chinese Box
Dark City
Gods and Monsters
Happiness
Happy Together
Kundun
Kurt and Courtney
Living Out Loud
Love and Death on Long Island
Out of Sight
Palmetto
Pi
There's Something About Mary
The Truman Show
Velvet Goldmine
I for one do not feel that "spectacle is all that is left in
movies" (as Mr. Tocce puts it), and I think this list of
films demonstrates my view. In fact it's been such an
outstanding year for cinema, that I feel we may be
experiencing something of a renaissance akin to the 1970's.
As for the _Star Wars_ prequel, I cannot imagine it will be
markedly superior in many respects to _Pi_, _Happy
Together_, _The Butcher Boy_ or _Happiness_.
If I had to urge a boycott it would be: don't see _The
Waterboy_.
Sincerely,
Edward R. O'Neill
UCLA
General Education Program/Dept. of Sociology
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